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Quote: Originally Posted by KoiCCAPW She's doing fine! Thanks for asking. She's still in Q, been at about 74-76*F for the last three weeks. I'm unsure about my next step, whether to scrape and scope, then add a buddy, or the other way around. I'm nervous about S&S since I've never done it before. I have a 'scope but haven't used it much except for to look at a few drops of pond water when I first got it about a year ago. Not sure I'd recognise what I saw anyway. I know there are sites I can check to ID them, so I could maybe muddle through that. Maybe someone can answer another question? Do I only SS the new fish, or both the new fish and the buddy? btw, I've never scraped my other fish, as I've never had any diseases or ulcers, and haven't seen any behaviors that indicate parasite, such as flashing, etc. (Sorry for the thread hijack, Marie)

Hey, feel free to highjack away. I don't mind at all. It's an idle thread just dying to be taken away by Calgon!

FYI--Richard treats all of his fish for parasites right when they come out of the ponds. Though I quarantine out of habit, I've never found a bad icky on any of the koi I've gotten from him--and all of them extraordinarily healthy. I know all of us fear the dreaded KHV, but with no incoming new koi to the farm for the past 15 years, I'm thinking that Richard's stock is safer than most. Still doesn't hurt to QT, but no great need to worry much either. I'll be surprised if you find anything when you S&S.... *S*

Marie